Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-02-21

strong wind blowing, and noticed that
some of the vessels were going that way,
and other vessels were going another way.
| said to myself How is it that the
same wind sends one vessel in one direc-
ton and another vessel in another direc-
tion?" found out, by looking, that it
was the different way they had the sails
set. And so does trouble come on this
world Some men it drives into the har-
Dor of heaven, and other men it drives on
the rocks. 1t depends upon the way you
have your sails set. All the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans OF surging sorrow
CANNOT SINK A Soul.
that has asked for Gods pilOtage- The
difficulty is, that when We have misfor-
tunes of any kind, We put them in Gods
hand, and they stay there little while;
and then we 90 and get them again, and
bring them back. A vessel comes in from
foreign port. As it comes near the har-
Dor it sees pilot floating about. 1t halls
the pilot. The pilot comes on hoard, and
he says: ''Now, captain, you have had q
stormy passage Go down and sleep, and
will take the vessel into New York har-
bor." After awhile the captain begins
to think: "Am | right in trusting this
vessel TO that pilot? | guess I'll 90 up
and see" So he comes to the pilot and
says: Don't you see that rock? Don't
YOU see those headlands? You will wreck
the ship. Let me lay hold the helm for
awhile for myself, and then I'll trust TO
you." The pilot became angry, and says:
IL will either take care of this ship or not.
If you want TO, | will get into my yawl and
20 ashore, or back to my boat" Now we
say to the Lord: 20, God, take my life,
take my all, i'll Thy keeping! Be Thou
my guide; be Thou my pilot" We 20
along for little while, and suddenly wake
up, and say: Things are going all wrong.
q, Lord, we are driving on these rocks, and
Thou art going to let us be shipwrecked. y
tod saws: You 90 and rest; | will take
charge of this vessel, and take il into the
harbor." 1t is Gods business to comfort,
and it is our business to DE cOmiorted.
Herbert, the great thinker, philosophical
about himself, philosophical about this
world, philosophical about everything,
| then in his dying moments asked that only
one word might he cut upon his tomb
stone, and that word ''lnlrlicissimuS''-
most unhappy-descriptive of the state OF
the lives aud of the deaths of those who
take their case out Of the hand of God.
The only appropriate inscription for theiI
banqueting hall, and their equipagc aud
their grave, and the wall of their eternal
prison house -''Infelicissimus." In drOOl.
ing, moral idiocy, they are scrabblng at
the door of their happiness, which never
opens; miserably playing the fool.
Again; | remark that all those persons
play the fool rs certainly did this man O
the text, who allow the
TECHNICALITIEs
ofreliginn to stop their salvation. David
was wise about great many things, but
his cuttings-up in the text for 4 little
while eclipsed his character. And know
wise men and great men competent for al
other stations, who are acting silly an'
foolish part in regard to the technicailtlc'
of religion. They ask us some questions
which we cannot answer categOrically, an'
so they burst into broad gutiaw, .
though ii is of any more interest to us thai
il ought To he to them. About the atone
ment, about Gods DEGREES, about man
destiny, they ask a great many question
which we cannot answer, and so they de
ride us, as though we could no
ask them a thousand questions tina
they cannot answer, about their eyes, abOu
their ears, about their finger nails, abou
everything A fool can ask question tina
a wise man cannot answer. q, you cavil
ling men o, you profound men. o, y0l
learned men, do please admit something
| You have soul? Yes. Will it live TO
ever? Yes. Where? You say that Jesu
Christ is not Divine Saviour. Who is he
Where will you goaltcr you leave your Law
books, and your medical prescriptions, an'
your club-rOOm, and your newspaper Office
where will you 90 to? Your body vii
be six feet under ground. Where will You
soul be? The black coat will he off, thu
shroud on. Those spectacles will he re
moved from your vision, for the sod vii
press your eyelids. Have you any idea tha
AN EARTHLY ALMANAC
describes the years of yOur lifetime? .
what stuff shall gather the material fol
the letters of that word which describe,
your eternal home? Shall it he iron chair
or amaranthine garland? The air tha
stirs the beSwcated locks of your dyiDl
pillow, will it come off garden or desert
., quit the puzzling questions and try
these nIOmeE:OuS questions. Quit th'
small questions and try the great qucs
tions. Instead Of discussing whether thu
serpent of Ehen was iiguratiye or literal
whether the Mediterranean fish did or did
not swallow the rccreant prophet, whether
this and that, and the other thing is righ
or wrong, come and discuss one question
GLOW shall get rid of my sins aud vii
heaven" That is the question ior you
Yes, there are men who have actually los
their souls because they thought there
waS discrepancy between Moses anC
Prof. Sillirian because they could n0
understand how there could be light
before the sun rOse-the light appearing IL
verse three Of Genesis, and the sun appear
ing not until verse Sutherland becau@'
i they do not know how the moon CoulG
stand still without upSetting the universe
and because they had decided upon th'
theory of natural selection. 4 German
philosopher in dying had for his chief sor
row that he had not devoted his whol'
life 10 the study of the Divine case. o.
when yopr immortality is in peril, why
quibble? Quit these non-essentials, my
dear brother In the name Of God, j ash
you in regard to these matters Of the im
mortal soul, that you do not play tho
fool.
What il that man doing over in Bowl
ing Green, New York? Well, he is
GOING IN FOR TICKET
for transatlantic voyage. He is quar-
relling with the clerk about the SpOts-tht
red spots Oh the ticket-and he is quarrel
ling about the peculiar signature of tbC
president Of the steamship company. and
he is quarrelling about the manner Of th,
clerk who hands him the ticket. How
long has be been standing there: Three
weeks. Meanwhile, perhaps, twenty
steamers have gone out OF port, and heal
the shrek of the steam tug that could
take him TO the last vessel that could beaI
him to his engagement in London. Still
he stands in Bowling Green Disgusting hi'
ticket. What do you say in regard TO thai
man? You say he Is fool. Well, il
that way are many men acting in regard
to the matters of the saul. They arr
cayilling about the at0nement, the RED
| sr.ts on the ticket, ahOut the charaTtcr %